CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – The Montgomery County Health Department, in conjunction with the TN Department of Health, will conduct a full-scale Point-of-Dispensing (POD) Exercise on Tuesday, October 20 at Apostolic Faith Tabernacle Church, 1170 Golf Club Lane.
Health officials will use Montgomery County employees and dependents that wish to receive this year’s flu vaccine for the exercise.
“During this exercise, we can get a realistic feel for the number of people we can process through a POD, should we ever have the need for mass vaccination disbursement,” Health Department Director Joey Smith said. Obviously, we hope the need never arises that we would be expected to inoculate a large segment of our community in a short amount of time, but we train for it just in case.”
Montgomery County employees that are participating in the exercise will fill out the required paperwork prior to arriving at the POD location. Once at the location, they will be directed through the process without ever leaving their vehicle. The employee and their forms will be checked, they will see a nurse for consult and vaccine, and then directed on to the waiting area for the mandatory waiting period and then they can be on their way.
“This is a very quick alternative for county employees this year and we hope they will take advantage of it. It’s a great day when you can train your employees and add a service convenience to those you serve,” Smith said.